The best Serbian water polo players against Greece are fighting for a place in the semi-finals of the European Championships in Hungary at 8:30 pm CET. Serbia and Greece played 15 times so far, where Serbian national team has recorded 12 wins, a draw and two defeats.
The eve of the quarter-final clash Filip Filipovic top scorer of Serbian selection with 13 goals, said that in their camp are aware of the importance of the match with the Greeks.
– This is like a final. Greeks are really shown a lot in the tournament. We know what we do, and what will surprise our fans. We climb up from match to match, gearing up and I wouldn’t like to be in the skin of a team that is a rival to Serbia – said Filipovic.
Coach of the Serbian water polo team Dejan Savic said that Greece has high quality and is a selection against who should be played like as against Spain.
– Guys play well and I announced them as a possible surprise of the championship. They are well disciplined and need to access to a match like with Spain if they are going to win. We were not allowed to blunder and fail. If we had lost, they would have to use some to underestimate the force of water polo, as well as the value of Serbian sport. Although the fact that we have 15 years on the edge and sustain us result of representation only – Savic said.
Today on the program are matches Russia – Germany (16:00), Georgia – France (17:30) and Italy – Croatia (19:00). Hungarians and Montenegrins as group winners qualified directly to the semifinals. Winner of the duel Serbia and Greece will play with Montenegro on Friday, while Hungary will wait for the winner of the match Italy – Croatia.